Our membership card

Hobby One is a private club associated to ARCO, the largest Italian association of recreational clubs. To enter the club you have to be an ARCO member and show us a government-issued piece of ID. You can apply for membership on your first visit, it will only take a couple of minutes. You will be asked to show a piece of ID (e.g. national ID card, passport, driving licence, military ID). Membership costs 10 euro for three months (available to non-Italian citizens only) or 17 euro​ for twelve months. Either card entitles the holder to enter all Italian venues affiliated to ARCO. All clubs have the right to deny access to unwanted persons.​

Why do I need to be a member to enter clubs?

Under Italian law, places and spaces where sex is or may be practiced and tolerated must be private, meaning they are not open to the general public and their patrons are identified and registered members.

Private clubs that are affiliated to ARCO have, over the years, turned this limitation into an opportunity by networking and allowing Members to hold one Membership Card for all Clubs as well as by widening our club activities to include health counselling services for the well-being of LGBT people, like STD tests, a help line, and free condom distribution.